Chords & Changes

Singin' the Blues

Singin' the Blues — chords and changes, key facts, and listening notes.

Singin' the Blues was composed by Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson. The lyrics are credited to Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis. It dates from 1920. It is in Eb major, 24 bars long, and in AAB (8-8-8) form.

Key facts

Composer	Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson
Lyricist	Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis
Year	1920
Source show / film	Not listed
Form	AAB (8-8-8)
Bars	24
Key	Eb major

Fact sources: title — wikidata; composers — wikidata; lyricists — wikidata; year — wikidata; wikipedia — wikidata; musicbrainz — wikidata; recordings — musicbrainz; changes — wjazzd; form — wjazzd; bars — wjazzd; key — wjazzd; performances — wjazzd.

Reference links: Wikidata Q17034691 · MusicBrainz work · Wikipedia.

Chart

Chord chart

Four bars per row · sections labelled

Eb major Key

Section A1

Fm7

Fm7Bb7

EbAbEbEbdim7

Bb7

EbEbdim7Eb

Section B1

G7Dm7

G7Cdim7Fdim7

CmCm7

Bb7

Bb7Ebdim7

Section C1

Fm7

Fm7Bb7

EbFdim7Ebdim7

Edim7

Edim7C7

FmC7

FmC7Fm

Fm7

Ebdim7

Edim7C7

F7Bb7

Changes confidence: high. Source: Weimar Jazz Database (Jazzomat Research Project, HfM Weimar), ODbL 1.0. Changes as annotated by the Jazzomat Research Project, licensed under the ODbL 1.0.

Listen

Recordings (from MusicBrainz)

Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1952
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1983
Marian McPartland — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1993
Lalo Schifrin — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

1998
Don McLean — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2000
Fletcher Henderson — Album not listed
Source: musicbrainz

2001

Recording credits and years follow the entries in the dataset. Source: MusicBrainz.

Landmark solos

Solos analysed in the Weimar Jazz Database

Bix Beiderbecke (cornet) — The Gold Collection - 40 Classic Performances
Traditional jazz · 134 bpm · twobeat feel
1997

Solo, record, style, tempo and feel as catalogued by the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL 1.0). Release year is the year of the catalogued issue, which can be a later reissue.

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